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Market information: US federal judge blocked Kroger's $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons.General Administration of Customs: According to the People's Republic of China (PRC) Ship Tonnage Tax Law, the Maritime Agreement between the Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Government of the Republic of Liberia and the relevant notice of the Ministry of Finance, from December 11, 2024 to December 10, 2029, the taxable ships of the Republic of Liberia will be subject to the preferential tax rate of ship tonnage tax.The Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held the second symposium in 2024. On December 11th, the Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held the second symposium in 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment) to hold a symposium on "the outstanding problems found in management services and supervision discipline, and the work of veteran cadres that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment should focus on strengthening". Ying Zhao, member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, held the meeting and made a statement on behalf of the Party Group. Liao Xiyuan, head of the discipline inspection and supervision team stationed in the Ministry and member of the party group of the Ministry, attended the meeting and made suggestions. The second supervision and inspection office of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection sent personnel to give guidance. (Ministry of Ecology and Environment)

Standard Chartered Group: Independent non-executive director David Conner will step down as a member of the board of directors, and Standard Chartered Group (02888) will announce that independent non-executive director David Conner will step down as a member of the board of directors, as well as a member of the audit committee, the risk committee and the remuneration committee of the board of directors, with effect from December 30, 2024. Diane Jurgens and Jackie Hunt, independent non-executive directors, will join the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors with effect from January 1, 2025, while David Tang, independent non-executive director, will retire as a member of the Committee from the same date.Ferrari CEO: Ferrari's autonomous driving is meaningless, and our cars don't need autonomous driving. Cryptographic currency is not an investment opportunity for us, and it is expected that there will be no cryptocurrency on our balance sheet.During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, and "cancellation" has become the mainstream. Wind data shows that 2,446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Not only are there a large number of listed companies participating in the repurchase, but the "efficiency" of this round of repurchase is also high, and the short term and quick implementation have become a point of view. At the same time, write-off repurchase has become the mainstream. In addition to Hikvision, Kweichow Moutai plans to implement a share repurchase plan with its own funds of 3 billion to 6 billion yuan, and the repurchased shares will be used to cancel and reduce the registered capital of the company. In addition, companies such as Wuxi PharmaTech, Jiu 'an Medical, and Yili Co., Ltd. disclosed repurchase plans with a ceiling of more than 1 billion yuan, and all of them were used for capital reduction and cancellation. (Securities Times)

Allianz's investment in national pension has been approved, and the pace of foreign investment in China's insurance market has accelerated. The State Financial Supervision and Administration recently approved the change of registered capital of national pension, and agreed that Allianz Investment Co., Ltd. will subscribe for 2% of the shares of national pension for about 284 million yuan, becoming the first foreign shareholder of national pension, thus increasing the registered capital of national pension to about 11.378 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, a number of foreign investors have increased the insurance market in China. Analysts said that this aspect shows that China's insurance industry has further deepened its opening to the outside world, providing a more relaxed policy environment for foreign investors to overweight China's insurance market; On the other hand, it shows that it has confidence in the development of insurance industry in China and will attract more foreign-funded institutions to enter the insurance market in China. (SSE)The National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that Tecovrimat is safe, but it is not an effective solution to improve the symptoms of monkeypox patients.Uzbekistan: Timur Ishmetov was approved as the governor of the central bank.